捱 (ngaai4) — endure; suffer; put up with in Cantonese
ngaaiˎ₄捱简 挨
Mandarin Pinyin: ai2
Meaning of 捱
nounendure; suffer; put up with
noundelay; stall; put off
noundrag out; struggle to pull through
Example Sentences with 捱
真係要多謝你雪中送炭我哋先至會捱過難關
We really must thank you for giving us (the money, food, material needs etc) so that we can make it through the hard times.
gan6paai2近ngoˏ₅排jat1zik6dou1我ngaai4je2一ga1baan1直都捱夜加班
Recently I've been staying up late, doing overtime non-stop.
keoiˏ₅佢jatˍ₆日jatˍ₆日ngaaiˎ₄捱loˎ₄騾zaiˊ²仔
He works hard every day.
mˎ₄唔soengˊ²想ngaaiˎ₄捱loˎ₄騾zaiˊ²仔
I don't want to work hard.
ngoˏ₅我deiˍ₆哋jiu˗₃要ngaaiˎ₄捱loˎ₄騾zaiˊ²仔
We have to work hard.
Words Containing 捱
捱更抵夜ngaai4 gaang1 dai2 ye6
go to bed late and get up early
日捱夜捱jat6 ngaai4 je2 ngaai4
working day and night
捱世界ngaai4 sai3 gaai3
endure hard living; struggle hard for a living
捱餓ngaai4 ngo6
starve
難捱naan4 ngaai4
hard to endure; difficult to bear through
捱騾仔ngaai4 leoi4 zai2
hard-work; work like a slave; laboring for a living
捱夜ngaai4 je2
stay up late/all night; burn the midnight oil
捱穀種ngaai4 guk1 zung2
to survive on one's saving
捱義氣ngaai4 ji6 hei3
noun; it means sense of honour, the spirit of brotherhood, they do me a huge favor
嘥心機捱眼訓saai1 sam1 gei1 ngaai4 ngaan5 fan3
waste of time and energy [colloquial]
捱得ngaai4 dak1
high endurance
捱生捱死ngaai4 sang1 ngaai4 sei2
bear the pain and hardship (spoken)
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